During the research a question was posed that deserves consideration. Could Goodale have already known about the Brownlee Ferry being built on the Snake River? How would he have imagined that the train was going to get across the river if he did not know about the ferry ahead of … Read more
With the above facts we can begin to better understand the importance of the route that was soon opened directly north of Emmett, in connecting the whole Goodale Cutoff: It soon spliced the Goodale routes together in their middle. The first 203 miles from Fort Hall to Ditto Creek, Elmore … Read more
The trail from Boise to the Emmett area was only one possible route that the Goodale Train followed, but much consideration of the available information was necessary to try to identify as nearly as possible the road upon which Goodale led his wagons in 1862. The ruts still exist across … Read more
Three Goodale Routes In The Payette Valley Jim McGill (Update 01-09-05) Attached below is a map of the Emmett to north and NW, with the three routes that can correctly be considered part of the Goodale Cutoff through that area. In the identification of the main Oregon Trail and California … Read more
Tim Goodale’s Boise River Crossing Jim McGill (Update 01-03-05) As research continued on the information about the Goodale North route of the 1862 Goodale Wagon Train, from Boise to the Brownlee Ferry on the Snake River, it soon became apparent that there existed some information that might be interpreted to … Read more